'It's not over': With signs and guns, hundreds rally in Downtown Madison to protest end of Roe
ELIZABETH BEYER and AVANI KALRA
Wisconsin State Journal
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Madison resident Sara Andrews blocks the sign of a lone counter protestor at a demonstration against the U.S. Supreme Court's overruling of Roe v. Wade in downtown Madison on Friday.Â
ELIZABETH BEYER, STATE JOURNAL
Demonstrators protest at the state Capitol after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, in Madison. Over 1,000 surged to the Capitol Friday night to protest the fall of the 1973 landmark abortion rights ruling.Â
ELIZABETH BEYER and AVANI KALRA
Wisconsin State Journal
Tears streamed down the face of Victoria Gutierrez as she stood on the Capitol lawn and held a banner alongside a union colleague that read "Labor for abortion rights." Gutierrez and hundreds of others had gathered in the heat of an early summer evening to protest the U.S. Supreme Court overturning of Roe v. Wade Friday, a watershed moment in the country's battle over abortion rights.Â
Demonstrators protest at the state Capitol after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, in Madison.
AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
Grace Farrington, of Janesville, protests at the state Capitol after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, in Madison. "I'm mad," one protestor remarked. "I'm very, very mad. We shouldn't be in this situation in 2022."Â
AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
Demonstrators protest at the state Capitol in Madison after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
Demonstrators protest at the state Capitol after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, in Madison. In anticipation of more weekend protests, Madison police have denied leave requests for Friday and Saturday and will add extra patrols to organizations and businesses they think might be targeted by protests.Â
Madison resident Sara Andrews blocks the sign of a lone counter protestor at a demonstration against the U.S. Supreme Court's overruling of Roe v. Wade in downtown Madison on Friday.Â
Demonstrators protest at the state Capitol after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, in Madison. Over 1,000 surged to the Capitol Friday night to protest the fall of the 1973 landmark abortion rights ruling.Â
Grace Farrington, of Janesville, protests at the state Capitol after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, in Madison. "I'm mad," one protestor remarked. "I'm very, very mad. We shouldn't be in this situation in 2022."Â
Demonstrators protest at the state Capitol after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, in Madison. In anticipation of more weekend protests, Madison police have denied leave requests for Friday and Saturday and will add extra patrols to organizations and businesses they think might be targeted by protests.Â
